37 of the
1,788 complaints filed about the Mercedes Benz C300
are about the stability control —
2% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 2009.
37
Complaints
2%
Share of all complaints
0
Crashes
1
Fires
Stability & Traction Control complaints by model year
The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated that the coolant warning light was frequently illuminated due to low coolant. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the engine hose and other engine parts were replaced. Despite the repair, the coolant light returned soon after the initial repair. The contact then took the vehicle to a dealer where the failure was linked to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V168000 (Exterior Lighting, Electronic Stability Control, Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
NHTSA complaint #11544500 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the instrument cluster started flickering and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that the power steering and brakes were operable. The contact pulled off the highway and shifted the vehicle into park(P). The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not yet diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V168000 (Exterior Lighting, Electronic Stability Control, Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 119,000.
NHTSA complaint #11519341 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated that she had experienced several electrical failures with the vehicle including the power seat and power windows, the parking brake, the exterior lighting, and the air bag warning lights. The contact also stated that the vehicle would lose motive power and stall while driving at various speeds with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The dealer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. Upon investigation, the contact linked that failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V168000 (Exterior Lighting, Electronic Stability Control, Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.
NHTSA complaint #11473420 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TOOK CAR IN FOR AIRBAG RECALL, WEEK LATER THE CAR WONT UNLOCK, HAD TO PAY $50 TO GET IN, WAS TOLD BATTERY HAD 12.4 AMPS, CAR WONT TURN OVER, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS NOT ENGAGING, ALARM GOES OFF, REPLACED BATTERY $160CHECKED FUSES AND BOUGHT $25, NOTHING NOW HAVING TO TOW BACK TO MERCEDES BENZ OF CHANDLER THAT DID MY "RECALLS" OUT OF POCKET. THE RECALL SERVICE MESSED IT UP. THE EXACT THING AS IN COMPLAINT 212.
NHTSA complaint #11320097 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I HAVE A MB C300 2008 THE CAR NEVER HAD AN ISSUE UNTIL I BROUGHT IT IN FOR A AIRBAG RECALL 2 WEEKS LATER I GET AN SRS MALFUNCTION, ESP AND ABS FAILURE CAR DOESNT TURN ON NEXT DAY THE CAR TURNS ON AND ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON, THEN LIGHTS STAYED ON EVEN AFTER CAR WAS OFF NEXT DAY LIGHTS WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING IN DARK MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS AND QUITE SCARY SITUATION MB IS DOING THESE RECALLS BUT JEOPARDIZING THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF CAR I EVEN REPLACED BATTERY BUT THIS STILL OCCURRED CAR WAS RENDERED UNDRIVABLE AND STUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND PAY $380 JUST TO LOOK AT IT EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM THEY CAUSED DAMAGE THERE IS NO WAY A PERFECTLY RUNNING CAR COINCIDENTALLY HAS MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES POST RECALL (THEY REPLACED ENTIRE STASH BOARD AND STEERING WHEEL COVER)
NHTSA complaint #11291300 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN I WAS DRIVING AFTER A OIL CHANGE, I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE HIT MY CAR. I WAS SCARED AND SHAKY SO I PULLED OVER COULD SEE ANYTHING BUT I HEARD A TICKING NOISE. THEN I REALIZED THE HEAD REST MINI AIR BAG BLEW UP AND THE WIRING INSIDE THE HEAD REST WAS BURNING. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I COULD HAVE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. I HAD TO PULL OVER RIGHT WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC WAS BECAUSE MY HANDS WERE SHAKING AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE BURNING SMELL. I HAD MY HAZARDS ON AND PEOPLE WENT AROUND ME. THEN ALL KINDS OF ALERTS WENT OFF ON MY CAR. I ONLY HAD IT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF IT SHOULDN'T DO THAT. SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG AND THIS IS DANGEROUS WHILE SOMEONE IS DRIVING. MY TIRES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MUFFLER IS MAKING NOISES NOW TOO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS CAR. IT'S TREATED WELL I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT NOW. I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT. IT'S WAS FOR ME FAIRLY NEW AND STILL GOOD, DO I THOUGHT. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AND NEED SOME ANSWERS. I WAS TOLD THAT MAYBE IT'S THE EPS CONTROL UNIT BUT HAVEN'T WENT TO MERCEDES DEALER YET BECAUSE I'M DISCOURAGED ABOUT THIS CAR AND I HAVEN'T BEEN FEELING GOOD.
NHTSA complaint #11234352 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TAKATA RECALL , EIS , ESL SEIZED UP AND CAR WON'T START ANYMORE , COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND REPAIR IS COSTLY SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE IT'S A MANUFACTURED DEFECT AND NOT CAUSED BY THE USER, THIS PROBLEM CAN LEAVE ANYONE STRANDED IN THE WORST OF SITUATIONS AND IT CAN SEIZE UP WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER
NHTSA complaint #11082004 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TAKATA RECALL, BRAKE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION ABS,ESP,ETS,SRS.ESB,EBR FLASHES ON AND OFF ON MESSAGE CENTER. THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIVE VERY ROUGH AND BUMPY, THEN I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT TOTALLY LOCKED THANK GOD IWAS ABLE TO TRY AND ROLL IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR JUST TOTALLY WENT BLACK AND DIED, NO HEADLIGHTS AND I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED, WAITING TO GET THE DIAGNOSIS FROM THE DEALER. BUT I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON LINE AND HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM ALL OVER THE USA AND EVEN OVERSEES THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE EIS. THIS SADDENS ME TO SEE ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE PROTECTED AS CONSUMERS BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE NHTSA AGAINST MAJOR AUTO MANUFACTURER SUCH AS MBUSA TO CALL OUT THESE DEADLY DEFECTS BEFORE IT CONSUMED INNOCENCE PEOPLES LIVES. BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR LIVES MEANS NOTHING TO THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS THIS IS A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESS AND MBUSA SHOULD HAVE THE DECENCY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ADMIT THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND DO A RECALL. THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND NO ONE SEEM TO BE TAKING THIS MATTER SERIOUS, AND WE AS THE CONSUMERS ARE BEING STUCK WITH THESE MAJOR REPAIR BILLS RUNNING IN THE THOUSAND. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IN MAKING THESE REPORTS WHEN NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE ON THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE NHTSA AND THE FAIR TRADE ACT TO STAND UP FOR US, IN OCTOBER OF 2016 THIS SAME VEHICLE SELF ACCELERATE AND CRASH IN TO TWO OTHER VEHICLES CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND WHEN REPORTED TO MBUSA THEY CLAIM THEY DID THERE INVESTIGATION AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE, THEY PLACE THE BLAME ON ME .DAIMLER AG WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THERE PRESTIGIOUS COMPANY AS BECOME
NHTSA complaint #11020499 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
CAR WAS DRIVING VERY WELL SUDDENLY FLASHES ON MESSAGE CENTER POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION SRS,ABS,ETS,ESB,EBR ESP IN OPERATIVE AND IT KEEPS FLASHING WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION, THEN DISAPPEAR WHEN IGNITION IS OFF, I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE WITH THIS SAME ISSUES WITH THIS SAME YEAR, MODEL AND OTHER MERCEDES,A WEEK A GO I ALSO RECEIVE A MESSAGE TO CHECK BRAKE PAD WEAR BEFORE THIS MESSAGE CAME UP. I REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTOS, AND I AM ALSO BEING TOLD IT COULD ALSO BE MY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH OR SPEED SENSORS, ALL WAS REPLACE STILL AS MESSAGE. THERE IS SO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THESE MESSAGES THAT THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL AND THE CUSTOMERS ARE BEING STUCK WITH THE REPAIRS. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES IT IS JUST TOO MANY. AND NO ONW SEEMS TO BE STANDING BEHIND THE CONSUMERS.MBUSA IS A MAJOR COMPANY AND THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE MAJOR FATALITY BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DOES SAVING MONEY MEANS MORE THAN PEOPLES LIVES IT IS JUST TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT COMMON SENSE CANT TELL THEM IT IS A DEFECT AND THE NHTS SHOULD STEP UP FOR US AND DEMAND A RECALL. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER FOR MBUSA MAKE THIS A RECALL.
NHTSA complaint #11019383 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY MERCEDES WAS RUNNING GOOD ALL DAY THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE MALL AND CAME BACK BACK TO START MY CAR IT HAD NO POWER. WE TRY JUMPING THE CAR NOTHING. USE A DIFFERENT KEY NOTHING.. IT WON'T START I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK . I TOOK IT TO MERCEDES DEALER JUST TO LOOK AT IT $300 .. NOW THEY SAY IT'S THE KEY INGOTION THAT NEEDS TO REPLACE COST ME $1200+.. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR 7 MONTHS AGO I HAVE NO WARRANT.. I GOOGLE THE PROBLEM AND IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM THAT PPL HAVE PLZ INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM CUZ IT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX AND I'M OUT OF A CAR FOR A WEEK . THANK YOU
NHTSA complaint #11011157 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER VEHICLE INSPECTION I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. MERCEDES BENZ HOUSTON-GREENWAY PLAZA DID CAM SHAFT SOLENOID WORK COST $500. ROUGHLY A WEEK LATER I GOT STRANDED AT WORK. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE TO GET IT TO START AGAIN AND TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP NOW ITS $1,346.29 FOR ENGINE COMPUTER WORK.
NHTSA complaint #11006444 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ESP CONTROL MODULE AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SPECIFICALLY GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE ON A CURVED ROAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE/CODE ILLUMINATED ACROSS MY DASHBOARD, "BRAKE" EBR ABS ESP INOPERATIVE. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THIS MEANT AND I WAS EXTREMELY ALARMED AND NERVOUS. AS SOON AS I COULD I BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IT WASN'T A BRAKE ISSUE, IT WAS A FAULTY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL PANEL THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT HE HAD JUST REPLACED THESE IN ABOUT 4 OTHER VEHICLES. SAME EXACT PROBLEM. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT READS THE WHEEL DATA FROM THE SENSORS AS WELL AS THE ABS MODULE WHICH PREVENTS TRACTION AND SLIPPAGE WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD, WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS, OR EVEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CAR SEEMS TO FISHTAIL. IT ALSO PREVENTS STABILITY ON THE ROAD IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. I'VE ALSO NOTICED IT HAS AFFECTED OTHER AREAS OF THE CAR SUCH AS THE TURN SIGNAL, CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM, STEERING COLUMN AND STARTING UP THE CAR HAS ALSO BEEN AN ISSUE. I'VE HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET THE CAR STARTED. THE CAR IS ALSO DRIVING ROUGHER THAN USUAL. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR US BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND I HAVE A NINE YEAR OLD SON WHO DRIVES WITH ME FREQUENTLY. I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. NOT TO MENTION OUR FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER TAKATA AIRBAGS STILL HAVE A RECALL THAT HAVE YET TO BE DEALT WITH. IT HAS BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR AND THE PROBLEM STILL HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THIS ESP CONTROL MODULE COSTS $1,500 TO REPLACE AND I CANNOT AFFORD THIS. I'M DRIVING AROUND IN A TICKING TIME BOMB JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND PLACE THIS ON THE RECALL LIST TO AVOID A BAD SITUATION.
NHTSA complaint #10980987 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THIS VEHICLE HAD A FAILURE UPON START THAT ELIMINATED A NUMBER OF SAFETY FEATURES. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, I RECEIVED THREE ERRORS THAT THE FOLLOWING WERE DISABLED: ELECTRICAL BRAKE (ABS, EMERGENCY BRAKE, TRACTION CONTROL), CRUISE CONTROL, AND POWER STEERING. LOSS OF THESE MADE THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE.
NHTSA complaint #10971066 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
LAST WEEK I DROVE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. THEN I WENT TO THE GAS STATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR TO LEAVE, IT WOULD NOT START. IT DID NOT DO ANYTHING. I COULD NOT EVEN ROLL THE WINDOWS UP. THE CAR DID NOTHING OTHER THAN SAY "REMOVE IGNITION KEY." THE BATTERY WAS TESTED AND FINE. IT HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED 1 MONTH AGO. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO THEN SAID IT HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALER. THE MERCEDES DEALER SAID IT WAS THE EIS/STEERING SWITCH. THE COST WILL BE $1900. I'VE CALLED OTHER MECHANICS. NO-ONE CAN FIX IT BECAUSE MERCEDES HAS THE PARTS AND CODING EXCLUSIVELY. THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. LAST YEAR MY CAR ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SRS LIGHT MALFUNCTION. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THIS WAS ALSO ANOTHER HUGE EXPENSE. THE DEALER DID NOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A RECALL. THEY ACTED LIKE IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE.
NHTSA complaint #10965995 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EIS ISSUE/STEERING WHEEL LOCK MODULE. VEHICLE WAS DISABLED AND WOULD NOT START DUE TO EIS/STEERING WHEEL LOCK MODULE COMPLICATION. VERY COMMON IN C300 MBZ
NHTSA complaint #10925284 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.